CA1104177A - Electrical contact assembly operated by a movable closure panel - Google Patents
Electrical contact assembly operated by a movable closure panelInfo
- Publication number
- CA1104177A CA1104177A CA324,108A CA324108A CA1104177A CA 1104177 A CA1104177 A CA 1104177A CA 324108 A CA324108 A CA 324108A CA 1104177 A CA1104177 A CA 1104177A
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- side wall
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H3/00—Mechanisms for operating contacts
- H01H3/02—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
- H01H3/16—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. for a door switch, a limit switch, a floor-levelling switch of a lift
- H01H3/161—Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch adapted for actuation at a limit or other predetermined position in the path of a body, the relative movement of switch and body being primarily for a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. for a door switch, a limit switch, a floor-levelling switch of a lift for actuation by moving a closing member, e.g. door, cover or lid
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/56—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens
- B60S1/58—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens for rear windows
- B60S1/586—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices specially adapted for cleaning other parts or devices than front windows or windscreens for rear windows including defroster or demisting means
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Abstract
C-2,963 D-1,571 ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY
Abstract of the Disclosure:
The rear pillars of an automobile body carry power and ground contact assemblies which engage contact plates of the electric rear window defogger when the lift gate is closed.
The power and ground contact assemblies each consist of a plastic housing and a flat conductor strip which is stamped and bent to shape. The housings for both assemblies are identical. Both conductor strips comprise two elongated legs providing a depressible contact. The conductor strip for the power contact assembly has a terminal portion for connection to a power lead. The conductor strip for the ground contact assembly has a ground strap portion for connection to the pillar.
Abstract of the Disclosure:
The rear pillars of an automobile body carry power and ground contact assemblies which engage contact plates of the electric rear window defogger when the lift gate is closed.
The power and ground contact assemblies each consist of a plastic housing and a flat conductor strip which is stamped and bent to shape. The housings for both assemblies are identical. Both conductor strips comprise two elongated legs providing a depressible contact. The conductor strip for the power contact assembly has a terminal portion for connection to a power lead. The conductor strip for the ground contact assembly has a ground strap portion for connection to the pillar.
Description
This invention relates generally to electrical con-tact assem~liec and more particularly ~o electxical contact assemblies for use wi~h a mo~able closure pan21 such as an automobile lift gate~
A popular acce~soxy in today's automobile~ is an electric rear window defogger comprising an electric grid laminated on the inside surface of the rear windowO Certain types of automobile bodies have rear lift gates with fixed windows. In the past the power and ground connec-tions to ~he electric rear window defogger on these windows were made by a pair of insulated wires ~hich extended from the automobile body and were securely at~ached to bu~ bar~ or contact plates on the inside of the window. . : .
While this method works v~ry well electrically, the insulated wire~ are unsightly, particularly when the lift gate , is in the closed position where the insulated wires are slack and hang down into the field of view.
The object of this invention i~ to provide an aesthetically improved method of making the power and ground connections to contact plates on a lift gate window or the likeO
Another object of ~his invention is to provi~e incon-spicuous, projecting contacts which make spring biased power and ground connections to an elec~ric rear window defogger when the lift gate is closed.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide contact assemblies which engage only when the lit gate is in the closed position thus a~uring deactivation of the electric rear window defogger when the lift gate is in the open po~ition.
Yet still another object of the invention is to pro-vide power and ground contact assemblies con~isting of two parts, one of which is a common design for the power and ground version~.
Yet still another object of this invention is to pro-vide contact assemblies having movable contacts which are depressed substantially linearly to avoid the ~crubbing action of transverse motion during engagement.
Other objects and featuxes of the invention will be-come apparent to those skilled in the art as the disclosure is made in the following detailed description of preferred embodi-ments of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying sbeets of drawing in which~
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of an automobile having ~ rear lift gate equipped with an electric rear window defogger.
Figure 2 is a section through the left hand rear pillar of the automobile body taken substantially along the --2~
: line 2~2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 3 is a view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the power contact assembly~
Figure 4 is a aection through the right hand rear pillar o~ the automobile body taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Figure 1 looking in the dixection of the arrows.
Figure 5 is a section taken along the line 5~5 of Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the ground contact assembly~
Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the power contact as~e~bly shown in Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 7 i a perspective view o~ the conductor strip for the ground contact ~ssembl~ shown in Figures 4 and 5~
~ eferring now to the drawing and more particularly to Figure 1, the automobile 10 has a rear lift gate 12 which is shown in ~he open position. The lift ga~e 12 has a fixed window 14 which is equipped with an electric window defogger comprising parall~l resistance heater wires 16 spanning bus bar wires 18. Each of the ~us bar wires 18 i~ electrically connected to an associated contact plate 20 laminated on the inside surface of the window. When the lift gate 12 is in the closed poqition (shown in phantom in Figuxes 2 and 4) the con-tact plates 20 are engaged by inconspicuous protruding portions of the power and ground contact as~emblies 22 and 24 associated with the body pillars 26 and 28 respectively~
The power contact a~sembly 22 is shown in Figures 2, 3 and 6. It consists of two part~ -- a plastic housing 32 of dielectric material and a ~tamped and bent flat conductor stxip 34 of beryllium copper or other suitable electrically ronduc-tlve material.
'7 ~ he housing 32 has a generally rectangular base 36 and upright side walls 38 and 40 connected to the opposite longitudinal edges of the ba~e. The side wall 38 is trape-zoidal and decreases in height from the front edge of the base 36 where it is connected ~o a transverse mounting flange 42 to ths rear edge of the base where it is connec~ed to a transverse rear wall 44. The rear wall 44 has a lower slot 45 to provide a latch edge. The side wall 38 has a lateral tab 46 at the higher front end. The lateral tab 46 is part way up from the base 36 and extends toward the wall 40O
The wall 40 is connected to a second transverse flange 48 at the front edge of the base and extends part way back to a median location where the wall 40 reverses direction to provide an internal wall 50. The internal wall 50 has a lower slot 49 to provide a latch edge. The mounting flanges 42 and 48 extend laterally away from each other. The flange 42 has a pair of screw slots 51 and the flange 48 has a mounting groove 52.
A second internal wall 54 is ~J-shaped in plan form.
The rearward portion 55 forms a narrow mounting slot 56 in con-junction with the rear wall 44 and provides a rounded fulcrum ~ 58 spaced from the rear portion of the side wall 38 by a small gap. The forward portion 60 of the internal wall 54 forms a sècond mounting slot 62 in conjunction with the internal wall 50.
The conductor strip 34 has angularly related elon-gated legs 64 and 66 connected at a bend 68n The leg 64 has a longitudinal stiffening rib 70 and a rounded nose 72 formed by curling the free end of the leg 64. The rearward portion of the leg 66 is wider and contiguous with a transverse tab 74 which has a tang 75~ The tab 74 i~ securely mounted in the 7~
narrow slot 56 and secured therein by the tang 75, The opposite end of the tab 74 is contiguous with a converging portion 76 which in turn is contiguous with a diverging por-tion 78 having a tang 79. The diverging portion 78 is securely mounted in the slot 62 and retained therein by the tang 79. The diverging portion 78 pxojects forwardly of the slot 62 and has an upswept integral terminal 80 at its free end.
When the conductor strip 34 is s~curely mounted in the housing 32, the rounded nose 72 may be depressed in a substantially linear ~ashion from the solid line position to the phantom position shown in Figure 2~ The substantially linear movement is accommodated by the relative stiffness of the leg 64 in comparison to the relatively resilient leg 66 which flexes away from the wall 38 about the rounded fulcrum 58. The transverse tab 46 serves as a retainer to hold the flexed leg 66 in the proper position relative to the housing 32.
The power contact assembly 22 is mounted in the two piece sheet metal column structure 82 of the left hand pillar 26 via an access hole 83. The housing 32 is inserted in the access hole 83 and then slid transversely to engage one edge of the hole 83 ln the mou~ting groove 52 of the flange 48.
The flange 42 is then secured to the column structure 82 by two sheet metal screws 84. A power lead 86 i5 connected to the terminal 80 and a pillar covering 88 is then placed over the sheet metal column 82 hiding the power contact assembly 22 except for the inconspicuous protruding nose 720 The power contact assembly 22 is mounted, so that the stxaight end por-tion of the leg 64 is substantially perpendicular to the con-tact plate 20 when the lift ga~e 12 is closed~ This placement -5~
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and the substantially linear motion capability of the nose 72 avoids scrubbing between the nose 72 and the contact plate 20 as the lift gate 12 is closed.
The ground contact assembly 24 is mounted in the right hand pillar in an identical manner exc~pt that it is inverted or upside down with respect to the power contact assembly 220 The housing 132 for ground contact assembly 24 is identical to the housing 32 and like portions are identified by adding 100 to the identifying numerals of the former. The corresponding portions of the right hand pillar are identified in the same manner.
The conductor strip 134 for the ground connector assembly 24 is shown in Figures 4, 5 and 7. It i5 S imilar to the conduetor strip 34 and has an identical depressible portion comprising the elongated legs 164 and 166. The modi-fication begins with the transverse tab portion 174 at the free end of the leg 166 which is wider than before to inte-grally connect with a ground strap portion 176~ The ground strap portion 176 comprises an elongated poxtion 178 which is spaced from and parallels the leg 166 and a transverse portion 180 which conforms to th~ shape of the housing mounting flange 142. The transverse portion 180 has a hole 179 adjacent an end provided with teeth 181. When the ground connector assembly is secured to the sheet metal column structure 182, one of the sheet metal screws 184 extends khrough the hole 179 also securing the ground strap 176 against the flange 142 and causing the teeth 181 to bite into the sheet metal column structure 182. The sheet metal screw and the teeth 181 provide the ground path to the sheet metal column structure 1820 We wish it to be understood that we do not desire to g~7~
be limited to the exact details of construct.ion shown and described, for obviou~ modification~ will occur to a person skilled in the art.
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A popular acce~soxy in today's automobile~ is an electric rear window defogger comprising an electric grid laminated on the inside surface of the rear windowO Certain types of automobile bodies have rear lift gates with fixed windows. In the past the power and ground connec-tions to ~he electric rear window defogger on these windows were made by a pair of insulated wires ~hich extended from the automobile body and were securely at~ached to bu~ bar~ or contact plates on the inside of the window. . : .
While this method works v~ry well electrically, the insulated wire~ are unsightly, particularly when the lift gate , is in the closed position where the insulated wires are slack and hang down into the field of view.
The object of this invention i~ to provide an aesthetically improved method of making the power and ground connections to contact plates on a lift gate window or the likeO
Another object of ~his invention is to provi~e incon-spicuous, projecting contacts which make spring biased power and ground connections to an elec~ric rear window defogger when the lift gate is closed.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide contact assemblies which engage only when the lit gate is in the closed position thus a~uring deactivation of the electric rear window defogger when the lift gate is in the open po~ition.
Yet still another object of the invention is to pro-vide power and ground contact assemblies con~isting of two parts, one of which is a common design for the power and ground version~.
Yet still another object of this invention is to pro-vide contact assemblies having movable contacts which are depressed substantially linearly to avoid the ~crubbing action of transverse motion during engagement.
Other objects and featuxes of the invention will be-come apparent to those skilled in the art as the disclosure is made in the following detailed description of preferred embodi-ments of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying sbeets of drawing in which~
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of an automobile having ~ rear lift gate equipped with an electric rear window defogger.
Figure 2 is a section through the left hand rear pillar of the automobile body taken substantially along the --2~
: line 2~2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 3 is a view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the power contact assembly~
Figure 4 is a aection through the right hand rear pillar o~ the automobile body taken substantially along the line 4-4 of Figure 1 looking in the dixection of the arrows.
Figure 5 is a section taken along the line 5~5 of Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the ground contact assembly~
Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the power contact as~e~bly shown in Figures 2 and 3.
Figure 7 i a perspective view o~ the conductor strip for the ground contact ~ssembl~ shown in Figures 4 and 5~
~ eferring now to the drawing and more particularly to Figure 1, the automobile 10 has a rear lift gate 12 which is shown in ~he open position. The lift ga~e 12 has a fixed window 14 which is equipped with an electric window defogger comprising parall~l resistance heater wires 16 spanning bus bar wires 18. Each of the ~us bar wires 18 i~ electrically connected to an associated contact plate 20 laminated on the inside surface of the window. When the lift gate 12 is in the closed poqition (shown in phantom in Figuxes 2 and 4) the con-tact plates 20 are engaged by inconspicuous protruding portions of the power and ground contact as~emblies 22 and 24 associated with the body pillars 26 and 28 respectively~
The power contact a~sembly 22 is shown in Figures 2, 3 and 6. It consists of two part~ -- a plastic housing 32 of dielectric material and a ~tamped and bent flat conductor stxip 34 of beryllium copper or other suitable electrically ronduc-tlve material.
'7 ~ he housing 32 has a generally rectangular base 36 and upright side walls 38 and 40 connected to the opposite longitudinal edges of the ba~e. The side wall 38 is trape-zoidal and decreases in height from the front edge of the base 36 where it is connected ~o a transverse mounting flange 42 to ths rear edge of the base where it is connec~ed to a transverse rear wall 44. The rear wall 44 has a lower slot 45 to provide a latch edge. The side wall 38 has a lateral tab 46 at the higher front end. The lateral tab 46 is part way up from the base 36 and extends toward the wall 40O
The wall 40 is connected to a second transverse flange 48 at the front edge of the base and extends part way back to a median location where the wall 40 reverses direction to provide an internal wall 50. The internal wall 50 has a lower slot 49 to provide a latch edge. The mounting flanges 42 and 48 extend laterally away from each other. The flange 42 has a pair of screw slots 51 and the flange 48 has a mounting groove 52.
A second internal wall 54 is ~J-shaped in plan form.
The rearward portion 55 forms a narrow mounting slot 56 in con-junction with the rear wall 44 and provides a rounded fulcrum ~ 58 spaced from the rear portion of the side wall 38 by a small gap. The forward portion 60 of the internal wall 54 forms a sècond mounting slot 62 in conjunction with the internal wall 50.
The conductor strip 34 has angularly related elon-gated legs 64 and 66 connected at a bend 68n The leg 64 has a longitudinal stiffening rib 70 and a rounded nose 72 formed by curling the free end of the leg 64. The rearward portion of the leg 66 is wider and contiguous with a transverse tab 74 which has a tang 75~ The tab 74 i~ securely mounted in the 7~
narrow slot 56 and secured therein by the tang 75, The opposite end of the tab 74 is contiguous with a converging portion 76 which in turn is contiguous with a diverging por-tion 78 having a tang 79. The diverging portion 78 is securely mounted in the slot 62 and retained therein by the tang 79. The diverging portion 78 pxojects forwardly of the slot 62 and has an upswept integral terminal 80 at its free end.
When the conductor strip 34 is s~curely mounted in the housing 32, the rounded nose 72 may be depressed in a substantially linear ~ashion from the solid line position to the phantom position shown in Figure 2~ The substantially linear movement is accommodated by the relative stiffness of the leg 64 in comparison to the relatively resilient leg 66 which flexes away from the wall 38 about the rounded fulcrum 58. The transverse tab 46 serves as a retainer to hold the flexed leg 66 in the proper position relative to the housing 32.
The power contact assembly 22 is mounted in the two piece sheet metal column structure 82 of the left hand pillar 26 via an access hole 83. The housing 32 is inserted in the access hole 83 and then slid transversely to engage one edge of the hole 83 ln the mou~ting groove 52 of the flange 48.
The flange 42 is then secured to the column structure 82 by two sheet metal screws 84. A power lead 86 i5 connected to the terminal 80 and a pillar covering 88 is then placed over the sheet metal column 82 hiding the power contact assembly 22 except for the inconspicuous protruding nose 720 The power contact assembly 22 is mounted, so that the stxaight end por-tion of the leg 64 is substantially perpendicular to the con-tact plate 20 when the lift ga~e 12 is closed~ This placement -5~
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and the substantially linear motion capability of the nose 72 avoids scrubbing between the nose 72 and the contact plate 20 as the lift gate 12 is closed.
The ground contact assembly 24 is mounted in the right hand pillar in an identical manner exc~pt that it is inverted or upside down with respect to the power contact assembly 220 The housing 132 for ground contact assembly 24 is identical to the housing 32 and like portions are identified by adding 100 to the identifying numerals of the former. The corresponding portions of the right hand pillar are identified in the same manner.
The conductor strip 134 for the ground connector assembly 24 is shown in Figures 4, 5 and 7. It i5 S imilar to the conduetor strip 34 and has an identical depressible portion comprising the elongated legs 164 and 166. The modi-fication begins with the transverse tab portion 174 at the free end of the leg 166 which is wider than before to inte-grally connect with a ground strap portion 176~ The ground strap portion 176 comprises an elongated poxtion 178 which is spaced from and parallels the leg 166 and a transverse portion 180 which conforms to th~ shape of the housing mounting flange 142. The transverse portion 180 has a hole 179 adjacent an end provided with teeth 181. When the ground connector assembly is secured to the sheet metal column structure 182, one of the sheet metal screws 184 extends khrough the hole 179 also securing the ground strap 176 against the flange 142 and causing the teeth 181 to bite into the sheet metal column structure 182. The sheet metal screw and the teeth 181 provide the ground path to the sheet metal column structure 1820 We wish it to be understood that we do not desire to g~7~
be limited to the exact details of construct.ion shown and described, for obviou~ modification~ will occur to a person skilled in the art.
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Claims (3)
1. A contact assembly for making an electrical connection to a contact plate carried by a movable closure panel when the closure panel is in the closed position com-prising:
a housing of dielectric material and a generally flat conductor strip stamped and bent to shape, said housing having a generally rectangular base having longitudinal edges, a front edge and a rear edge, a first upright side wall connected to one longi-tudinal edge of the base, a second upright side wall connected to the opposite longitudinal edge of the base, a transverse tab which is part way up on the first side wall adjacent its front edge and which extends toward said second side wall, flange means at the front edge of each said side walls extending laterally outwardly away from each other, an upright lateral wall adjacent the rear edge of the base, an upright internal wall forming a narrow mounting slot in conjunction with the lateral wall and a fulcrum spaced from a rearward portion of the first side wall by a small gap, said conductor strip having first and second elon-gated legs connected at a bend, said first leg having a longi-tudinal stiffening rib and a rounded nose at the end thereof remote from the bend, said second leg having a transverse tab at the end thereof remote from said bend which is securely mounted in the narrow slot formed by the lateral wall and the internal wall of the housing, said conductor strip having a disengaged position where said first leg projects laterally beyond the flange means at the front edge of said first side wall and said second leg abuts the first side wall and passes between the lateral tab and the base, and said conductor strip being movable to a depressed position where said first leg is retracted substantially linearly by said second leg being flexed about the fulcrum away from the first side wall.
a housing of dielectric material and a generally flat conductor strip stamped and bent to shape, said housing having a generally rectangular base having longitudinal edges, a front edge and a rear edge, a first upright side wall connected to one longi-tudinal edge of the base, a second upright side wall connected to the opposite longitudinal edge of the base, a transverse tab which is part way up on the first side wall adjacent its front edge and which extends toward said second side wall, flange means at the front edge of each said side walls extending laterally outwardly away from each other, an upright lateral wall adjacent the rear edge of the base, an upright internal wall forming a narrow mounting slot in conjunction with the lateral wall and a fulcrum spaced from a rearward portion of the first side wall by a small gap, said conductor strip having first and second elon-gated legs connected at a bend, said first leg having a longi-tudinal stiffening rib and a rounded nose at the end thereof remote from the bend, said second leg having a transverse tab at the end thereof remote from said bend which is securely mounted in the narrow slot formed by the lateral wall and the internal wall of the housing, said conductor strip having a disengaged position where said first leg projects laterally beyond the flange means at the front edge of said first side wall and said second leg abuts the first side wall and passes between the lateral tab and the base, and said conductor strip being movable to a depressed position where said first leg is retracted substantially linearly by said second leg being flexed about the fulcrum away from the first side wall.
2. A contact assembly for making an electrical con-nection to a contact plate carried by a movable closure panel when the closure panel is in the closed position comprising, a housing of dielectric material and a generally flat conductor strip stamped and bent to shape, said housing having a generally rectangular base having longitudinal edges, a front edge and a rear edge, a first upright side wall connected to one longi-tudinal edge of the base, a second upright side wall connected to the opposite longitudinal edge of the base, a transverse tab which is part way up on the first side wall adjacent its front edge and which extends toward said second side wall, a flange means at the front edge of each said side walls extending laterally outwardly away from each other, an upright lateral wall adjacent the rear edge of the base, a first upright internal wall forming a narrow mounting slot in conjunction with the lateral wall and a rounded fulcrum spaced from a rearward portion of the first side wall by a small gap, a second upright internal wall forming a second narrow mounting slot in conjunction with the first upright internal wall, said conductor strip having first and second elon-gated legs connected at a bend, said first leg having a longitudinal stiffening rib and a rounded nose at the and thereof remote from said bend, said second leg having a transverse tab at the end thereof remote from said bend which is securely mounted in the narrow slot formed by the lateral wall and the internal wall of the housing, a terminal portion contiguous with the transverse tab at an end remote from said second leg, said terminal por-tion having a portion which is securely mounted in the second narrow slot formed by the first and second internal walls, said conductor strip having a disengaged position where said first leg projects laterally beyond the flange means at the front edge of said first side wall and said second leg abuts the first side wall and passes between the tab and the base, and said conductor strip being movable to a depressed position where said first leg is retracted substantially linearly by said second leg being flexed about the fulcrum away from the first side wall.
3. A contact assembly for making an electrical connection to a contact plate carried by a movable closure panel when the closure panel is in the closed position com-prising, a housing of dielectric material and a generally flat conductor strip stamped and bent to shape, said housing having a generally rectangular base having longitudinal edges, a front edge and a rear edge, a first upright side wall connected to one longi-tudinal edge of the base, a second upright side wall connected to the opposite longitudinal edge of the base, a transverse tab which is part way up on the first side wall adjacent its front edge and which tab extends toward said second side wall, flange means at the front edge of each said side walls extending laterally outwardly away from each other, an upright lateral wall adjacent the rear edge of the base, an upright internal wall forming a narrow mounting slot in conjunction with the lateral wall and a rounded fulcrum spaced from a rearward portion of the first side wall by a small gap, said generally flat conductor strip having first and second elongated legs connected at a bend, said first leg having a longitudinal stiffening rib and a rounded nose at the end thereof remote from the bend, said second leg having a transverse tab at the end thereof remote from said bend which is securely mounted in the narrow slot formed by the lateral wall and the internal wall of the housing, a ground strap portion contiguous with the transverse tab at an end adjacent said second leg, said ground strap portion having an elongated portion which is spaced from and parallels said second leg and a transverse portion which con-forms to the flange means at the front edge of said first side wall, said conductor strip having a disengaged position where said first leg projects laterally beyond the flange means at the front edge of said first side wall and said second leg abuts the first side wall and passes between the tab and the base, and said conductor strip being movable to a depressed position where said first leg is retracted substantially linearly by said second leg being flexed about the fulcrum away from the first side wall.
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